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Merchant Lighting a Pipe
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Merchant Lighting a Pipe

Artist Seihō 声方 (Azuma Katsuo 東鰹) (Japanese, 1936 - 2002)
Place of OriginTokyo, Japan
Date1996
Dimensions1 1/2 × 2 in. (3.8 × 5.1 cm)
Mediumboxwood with gold, coral and black pine
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2023.149
Not on View
DescriptionCarved boxwood with color, gold pigment, and inlaid coral and black pine
Masatoshi 雅俊 (Nakamura Tokisada 中村時定)
1971
Netsuke: Stylized sparrow
Ichiyu
mid 19th century

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